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Original handle is lost. Tang is being driven directly into the wood. As far as I've seen on pictures the originals had a ferrule, just as the replacement handle does. It works well if the wood is not too soft.

This is something that I have been pondering of late. Just how far into the handle does a tang need to go? The stress is all at the junction of the handle with the blade, but the tang needs to be long enough that the handle is not prone to self ejection. If there is a pin in the tang it seems to me that the length does not need to be very long.

Spike C
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Pirsig

The original tang on these nogent styles went all the way out the back of the handle and were either screwed into a little nut and peened over or were burned in and peened over. I agree with you Spike.

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